Monthly Archives: December 2014

Pierre-Joseph Céloron de Blainville 1693-1759

Posted on December 31, 2014 by beaugrand

Pierre-Joseph Céloron de Blainville 1693-1759 Born at Montreal was the son of Jean-Baptiste Céloron de Blainville and Hélène Picoté de Belestre. He became a French Canadian Officer of Marine in 1739-1740. He led a detachment to Louisiana to fight the … Continue reading →

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Osama Bin Mohammed Bin Awad Bin Laden 1957-2011

Posted on December 27, 2014 by beaugrand

Osama Bin Mohammed Bin Awad Bin Laden 1957-2011 160lb /73kg – 6’-4” / 193-198cm buried Arabian Sea Founder of Al-Qaeda/ Kindite–Yemeni-descent (The Kindites established a kingdom in Najd in central Arabia unlike the organized states of Yemen;) Osama bin Muhammad … Continue reading →

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Empress Eugénie

Posted on December 21, 2014 by beaugrand

Empress Eugénie was known as Contesse de Teba 1820-(1920) Wife of Napoleon lll (1808-1873) Empress of France (1853-1870) Napoleon lll was the the son of Louis Bonaparte King of Holland and brother of Napoleon the l Empress Eugenie’s hats. A … Continue reading →

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WOMEN SUFFRAGE (The Right to Vote) / Le suffrage des femmes (Droit de vote)

Posted on December 20, 2014 by beaugrand

WOMEN SUFFRAGE (The Right to Vote) A movement for women’s suffrage originated in France in the 1780s and 1790s during the period of the French Revolution. Nicolas de Condorcetand Olympe de Gouges 1743-1794 advocated women’s suffrage in national elections] Various … Continue reading →

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LANGUAGES/ Langues

Posted on December 19, 2014 by beaugrand

LANGUAGES The language that contains the most words is English with 455,000 active and 700,000 dead words. However, there are 6,700 active languages in the world while 2000 of these languages have less than 1000 speakers. Mandarin Chinese has the … Continue reading →

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Leader / Les dirigeants

Posted on December 18, 2014 by beaugrand

Leaders and the length of their rule In a royal or civilian Capacity / Les dirigeants et la longueur de leur règle d’un royal ou capacité civile Solomon-son of and successor to David ruled mid-tenth century B.C. Pepi ll, King … Continue reading →

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JAMES BOND 007

Posted on December 17, 2014 by beaugrand

The British Secret Sevice is called C or CSS and now called MI6 and the head is not called “M” as in the James Bond movies It was created 1953- 1964 by Ian Fleming writer The firstwas Dr No in … Continue reading →

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